House of Mystery #21
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- December 1953
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/10932
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
Issue contents
Cover
The Magic Spotlight
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Art
- Leonard Starr, line art
- Colours
- Jack Adler , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
1Featuring
- Feature
- Art Instruction, Inc.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Crime; horror-suspense
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Under the command of the medium Tilang Meers, a band of mediums conspires to prevent their exposure as frauds by brave newspaperman Chuck Simms.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Scripto
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
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4Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Julius Schwartz , scripter
- Morris Waldinger , scripter
- Art
- Morris Waldinger, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #36 (April 1959) — Amazing Power!
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The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #96 (June 1965) — Amazing Power!
Synopsis
Investigator Peter Hurkos has psychic powers.
Notes
Art ID by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6Featuring
- Feature
- Binky
- Genre
- Advocacy; teen
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
7Featuring
- Genre
- Crime; horror-suspense
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Nick Cardy, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #133 (March 1972) — The Madman of Maricombe Island!
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Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #109 ([May 1974]) — The Madman of Maricombe Island!
Synopsis
In the prison colony on Maricombe Island the guard Letrec tries to break the prisoner Dubois. Dubois, however, withstands every way of torture - and Letrec's mind goes to waste.
Notes
First-person narrative
8
9"He's the first snake charmer..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Dubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [signed as Ray T.]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
10Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
11Featuring
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Characters
- Conrad Ganges; Martin Nerok; Governor Maitland; Genghis Khan (ghost); Sgt. Peters; Nero (ghost)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Conrad Ganges has found a way to see the spirit world and to communicate with its inhabitants.
Notes
Writer identified by Martin O'Hearn in apa-I.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Wildroot Cream-Oil
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- David Kahn, author [as Don King]
- Art
- Ray Perry, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Synopsis
How to fake telepathy.
14Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Morris Waldinger, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
The final voyage of the "Octavius" through arctic waters.
15Featuring
- Genre
- Drama
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Leonard Starr, penciller
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Stage electrician Grew pretends to be the "Emotion Master" by casting magical spotlights. But he is only sabotaging the other acts.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
17Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Manufacturing Company
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Fred Harman, line art [signed]
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Science-Fiction Book Club
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.